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Below is our complete Mutilation Rites news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.

Metal bands at SXSW and metal showcases have been released to the public. The Dirty Dog Bar is a major player at this year's festivities. Both Metalsucks.net's South By South Death and Metal Injection's showcases will take place in this venue. Saturday offers three big shows and a chance to see some bands such as The Skull and Goatsnake twice. More...

Dynamic 'n' devastating power-duo Mantar has confirm dates for the group's first-ever U.S. tour, playing as direct support to Prosthetic Records recording artist Mutilation Rites.

Mantar will be touring all across the United States this month, bringing the filth 'n' fury of Svart Records debut album, "Death By Burning," to domestic audience. Dates are available below. The band also comments:

"2014 has been a crazy year for us, as we just started touring in April of that year after our debut came out and already got the chance to play 18 countries right away, including a first quick visit in the US at FEST 13 in Florida to play an awesome show with the Melvins. That was definitely one of the best Mantar shows so far, and so we are more than excited that 2015 starts with our first real US tour right away. We can't wait to play this tour together with Mutilation Rites and hope to meet shitloads of good people over there.. So, feel free to stop by and have beers with us!" More...

The Brooklyn heathens from Mutilation Rites will cross over to Europe in early 2015 as they embark on their first-ever international tour.

Mutilation Rites will kick off the trek — which also features the Italian band Hierophant — in Milan on February 4th. Full dates and further information can be found below.

In the meantime, the group will play one last show for 2014 this Sunday (December 14th) at hometown haunt, Saint Vitus Bar, alongside Black Breath and White Widows Pact.

Additionally, Mutilation Rites has confirmed the departure of drummer Justin Ennis: “We regret announcing that Justin will no longer be playing drums with us. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors. For our upcoming NYC date and European tour, Tyler Coburn (Yautja, Alraune, Gnarwhal) will be filling in.” More...

Take a listen to the new single “Gravitational Collapse” below, which is taken from the upcoming Mutilation Rites release “Harbinger,” due out July 22nd via Prosthetic Records.

The album was recorded with longtime collaborator Kevin Bernsten (TRIAC) and mastered by James Plotkin (Sunn O))), ISIS, Pelican). You can also catch Mutilation Rites on a headlining U.S. tour en-route to Gilead Fest (Thou, Inter Arma) with support from Hexer at one of the following dates:

As they make their way to the prestigious Maryland Deathfest this weekend, the New York-based filthy black metallers in Multilation Rites have unveiled "Suffer The Children," their first new music in two years.

Taken from forthcoming album "Harbinger," the follow-up to the band's Prosthetic debut "Empyrean," this new track "Suffer The Children" can now be streamed over at Pitchfork.com here.

The band commented, "We picked 'Suffer the Children' because we thought it covered all the bases. It hopefully tries to branch out on all our influences on this new record, which falls somewhere between Incantation and Aura Noir. We wanted to touch on what is important to us – riffs! The focus should be pure riffage and nothing else, no pretentious nonsense."

Although "Harbinger" will not be released until the summer, "Suffer The Children" is now available as a limited-edition 7" single featuring two B-sides – covers of "Police Bastard" by Doom and "Protest and Survive" by Discharge.

In conjunction with the band's appearance at this year’s Maryland Deathfest, the filthy black metal quartet of Mutilation Rites will embark on a brief east coast/midwest tour supporting Black Breath in late May. Dates can be found below.

Mutilation Rites has also finished the follow-up to 2012's "Empyrean," which was once again recorded with Kevin Bernsten at Developing Nations in Baltimore. The new album, “Harbinger,” will be the band’s first full-length to feature Ryan Jones (ex-Today is the Day) on bass and vocals. A summer release is expected and more details will be revealed shortly.

For those living along the east coast, the current cold front won’t be the only thing attacking your vitals this month – prepare to be blasted with menacing black metal from Brooklyn’s Mutilation Rites as the band joins Full of Hell for a co-headlining run. Full dates can be found below.

Not only will audiences be presented with music from Prosthetic debut ”Empyrean,” but they will also be privy to hearing new material from the band’s as-yet-untitled follow-up, scheduled to be recorded next month.

Drummer Justin Ennis announced, “After a full year of working on material for our follow-up to ‘Empyrean,’ we are prepared to etch it in stone. Once again our friend Kevin Bernstein (TRIAC) will be at the helm. This will be our fourth release documented with him at Developing Nations in Baltimore. After two years with us, these will also be the first recordings to feature Ryan Jones (ex-Today is the Day) on bass and vocals. He is a beast amongst men.”

The new Mutilation Rites album is scheduled to be released this summer via Prosthetic Records. Stay tuned for more updates. More...

Cincinnati, Ohio should be on the lookout, as the New York "filthy black metal" quartet Mutilation Rites will perform there as part of the second annual "Death on the Vine" festival alongside Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Immolation, Origin and several more.

The show -- which will serve as the local stop of this year's Decibel Magazine tour -- is set to take place at Bogart's on June 8th, shortly after the band completes current headlining U.S. run with recent Relapse signees Inter Arma. Tickets for the festival are available now through Live Nation here.

Mutilation Rites is currently terrorizing the U.S. with "garagey murk and filthy grandeur" (Chicago Reader) on a headlining jaunt that recently saw the band perform several times at Austin's well-known South By Southwest festival.

In addition to "Death on the Vine," the group will also perform at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival in the coming weeks. The band continues to support debut 2012 full-length, "Empyrean." More...

Several Prosthetic Records artists are set to perform throughout the week at the prestigious South By Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas - one of the largest and most anticipated music events of the year.

The event, which takes place from March 12th - 17th, will feature performances from Prosthetic artists Skeletonwitch, Ancient VVisdom, Junius, and Mutilation Rites. See the flyer below for show details and set times. More...

The latest round of bands confirmed to storm the stage at New England Metal and Hardcore Festival XV has today been announced. The fresh additions to the brutal three-day event include Alleageon, Alpha & Omega, Born Low, MurderDeathKill and Dark Sermon, as well as Baltimore hardcore squad Trapped Under Ice and New Jersey’s renowned explosive tech metal practitioners The Dillinger Escape Plan.

A tour based around the fest has also been created by MassConcerts, something they’ve done for the past four years. Dubbed Mission Quest to Metal Fest, the trek was formed in order to help a few of the bands get to and from NEMHF this year. This year the tour unifies Expire, Alpha & Omega, Power Trip, Twitching Tongues, and Antagonist A.D. on a ten-date assault leading up to their individual performances at the festival.

Stated promoter Scott Lee on the formation of this built-in tour: “We are really proud of this year’s lineup, and to bring these bands together leading up to it. The tour includes Expire who played last year, California powerhouse Alpha & Omega, Power Trip who is an up-and-coming hardcore band from Texas, and Twitching Tongues. We're also very excited to have Antagonist A.D. from New Zealand; they are the band coming from the farthest away for the fest. Pretty happy to have them; we love putting foreign bands on the bill!” More...

Brooklyn's self-proclaimed "filthy black metallers" Mutilation Rites will blast eardrums throughout the U.S. on an upcoming tour with recent Relapse signees Inter Arma. See below for dates.

The tour will feature Will Lindsay (Indian, Anatomy of Habit, ex-Nachtmystium) filling in on bass for Ryan Jones, who had previous spring touring commitments with Today Is The Day. This will be the group's first tour since joining label mates Skeletonwitch for the second half of the extensive "U.S. Abomination" tour in the fall. More...

Prosthetic Records has released a 14-track digital sampler exclusively on the label's Facebook page here.

Once you "like" the page, you'll be able to download tracks by the likes of Skeletonwitch, Mutilation Rites, Primitive Weapons, and Junius along songs from recent and upcoming releases from Holy Grail, VVisdom, and more. The track listing is as follows:

Denver thrash warriors Havok will kick off a massive U.S. tour this week with headliners Skeletonwitch. The U.S. Abomination Tour will commence on September 14th in Athens, Ohio and run through nearly two months of shows, coming to a ceremonial close on November 17th in Cleveland, Ohio. Additional support will come from Early Graves and Mutilation Rites.

Comments guitarist Reece Scruggs: “We’re pumped as hell to be going out on the road with Skeletonwitch. The two of us along with Mutilation Rites and Early Graves touring together just seems to fit and make perfect sense. There will be plenty of dates, pretty much covering the entire U.S. So there is no excuse to miss this shred fest! BE THERE OR BE 100% SQUARE.”

Brooklyn, NY’s filthy black metal act Mutilation Rites will be blasting the speakers, and most likely some ear drums, during the band's record release show at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, NY on June 6th.

The performance, which will be presented by Signature Riff, will see the band playing alongside Horna and Kommandant in support of new release “Empyrean,” which is available now for pre-order in advance of its May 22nd release date.

You can currently stream the full album -- which Decibel magazine praises for its “unity in songwriting, purpose, and passion” -- via Pitchfork.com.

Brooklyn-based black metal band Mutilation Rites will soon head out for another round of touring, this time hitting the midwest. The tour will start April 19th in Pittsburgh, PA and conclude on May 5th in Cleveland, OH. The dates can found below.

The self-proclaimed "filthy black metal" quartet will be touring in advance of the release of the band's debut full-length, "Empyrean." Due May 22nd, the album -- featuring the song "Realms of Dementia," which Pitchfork recently premiered -- was produced by Kevin Bernsten (TRIAC) at Developing Nations in Baltimore, MD. More...

South By Southwest 2012 maintained its tradition of billing a long list of heavy bands from an assortment of styles. Attendees began pouring in from every corner of the globe on the previous Friday to experience the interactive and film portion of the city-wide festival. Traditionally, at least during the last few years, the music segment starts five days later on Wednesday. Even though I attended a free show at Emo’s East featuring High on Fire, our coverage begins with Wednesday’s usual sonic circus.

Torn between the Thrasher/Converse Death Match Day Party at Scoot Inn and Pitchfork’s Show No Mercy show at ND, I opted for the Pitchfork show. The Thrasher show included legendary hardcore punk acts Fear and Cro-Mags as well as Nachtmystium, but I chose the doomed tones of Rwake, Pallbearer and Pilgrim at the Pitchfork.com show. More...